“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

- Joseph Campbell

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In this wild, wild Wake-Induced Lucid Dream (WILD), Oscar WILD sees a dream therapist, Melissa Johnson (host of the Dream Hub Podcast) and talks about the wild shit he has witnessed in deep REM states.

Stay awake for this one!

Sweet dreams:

• Dream Therapy: how journaling our dreams can help us understand ourselves and the inner workings of our minds
• Making sense of the symbolism and subconscious messages woven into our dreams
• A dream where I met Superman in a pharmacy (and he asks me to punch him in the face)
• Tips for talking to dream characters and how to “re-enter” dreams you've already dreamt
• Lucid Living: how lucid dreaming can be an extension of mindfulness and presence in waking life

Credits for interludes/musical segments in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Anemone
• Broad Sky

Find Melissa's work on her official website, Instagram, and The Dream Hub Podcast.

This episode was recorded before the passing of David Lynch, who is mentioned in this episode. Rest in peace, visionary from another place. 🙏

"As long as power flows through any of my circuits, I will overthink anything." - Optimus Prime Rib

DARK MODE SZN. OVERTHINKERS ROLL OUT.

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In this unnecessary Transformers reboot, Optimus Prime Rib and HBO Max switch the gears to reverse and reminisce on the good old days, including the educational children's TV shows they grew up with, the challenges of growing up in an ever-changing world, and the transformative potential of embracing accountability for your own fuck-ups.

Timeline breakdown:

• Unpacking Optimus's fatal flaw of spoiling movies on podcasts
• What does it really mean to Be Yourself when we present different versions of ourselves to different people?
• The hidden pipeline linking The New Electric Company, Hamilton, and the Wu-Tang Clan
• HBO Max speculates on the identity of our timeline's anchor being (inspired by Deadpool and Wolverine)
• [SPOILER ALERT🤚] Optimus Prime Rib dies and ends up in The Good Place

Credits for interludes/segments in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Anemone
• Higher Power
• Universfield
• William Blue

Shout out to Bumblebee for pulling up to the interview and fact-checking us live.

Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

1-MINUTE (Minus One) by William Blue

Has doomscrolling hijacked your mental faculties, making you feel humanity is doomed? It's all gonna be fine. Season 3 is here.

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Wave Saver
• William Blue

Love is the Dankest of All Memes Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

Somehow, Overthinkers Anonymous Returned...

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In this mid journey, rogue overthinkers Blueberry Moonbeam, Strawberry Sunshine, and Darth Serious scrape the iceberg of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), what should (and shouldn't) be considered art. Plus, anything and everything artists in the digital age (should) overthink about.

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Broad strokes:

• grilling Chat-GPT about the definition of art and whether AI-generated art can be considered "art"
• originality, sampling and referencing: is everything just a remix of what came before?
• is the career path of an artist still met with the same stigma and skepticism as before?
• influence and inspiration: how Dune influenced Star Wars (not vice-versa)
• "Theoretical Psychics Art Services" — Sunshine and Serious's arts studio/enterprise fostering human-centered artistic mentorship & collaboration—as well as facilitating access to networking and job opportunities for artists in the Philippines

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Producer credits for musical segments/interludes:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Desjardins
• Cataldo
• BreakzStudios
• William Blue

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Everything is a Remix (by Kirby Ferguson via YouTube)

Meta's AI to train using social media posts from Europe (via Reuters)

Did you know Meta is using your public posts to train their AI starting June 26? 🤯 (by Ocoya via YouTube)

"I highly recommend touching grass. I've touched so much grass recently."

- Fidget Cube Guru

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In this fidgety chirp-a-thon, Fidget Cube Guru, Kenzient, and Tink (a green parakeet) split their bills overthinking about tipping culture, the highs and lows of owning a parakeet, and the subtle art of giving the right amount of f*cks.

Chirp chirp:

• tipping culture/etiquette in the Canadian restaurant industry
• is having a small-scale, niche audience nowadays better than virality and fame?
• the widespread lack of empathy in online interactions and why we need to listen to each other
• the joys of touching grass—"Earthing"
• letting go of the stories we tell ourselves and giving ourselves the freedom to fail

Producer credits for musical segments/interludes:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Fornax
• Barstool
• William Blue
• Cloud Cover

Streets of the Philippines: A Sunkissed Photo Essay

Divorced Dad Rock (Spotify Playlist)

"The film industry is big, it's oversaturated and profit-driven, and time-consuming. And oftentimes, very frequently, disappointing films just happen and we call them flops."

- Doctor Whenever

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In this high-concept cinematic flop, Doctor Whenever, a part-time time lord, enlists returning guests, HBO Max (not to be confused with the streaming service FKA as "HBO Max") and KD to attempt to fix the Hollywood timeline (or space-time continuum) by discussing changes for films that failed to live up to their potential.

Films discussed include:

• Ghost in the Shell
• X3: The Last Stand + Dark Phoenix
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Blankman
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:

• SharpFlatNatural
• William Blue
• Killer Chops
• Placidic
• Abydos Music

Find KD on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and check out her podcast ⁠⁠KDTime⁠⁠.

“You are an individual, unique piece of this whole that we are all part of, and it’s not complete without you.”

– Lindy Nelson

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In this psychonautical odyssey, some sober guy named Tom (NOT from Myspace) is joined by two lovely humans, Jay and Lindy Nelson, authors of a book titled Consciousness in a Nutshell, to crack open the endlessly complex black box that is consciousness.

This episode won't teach you more than a 4-year degree — but it's more compact, less costly, and lightyears more enjoyable than a lecture from an uptight professor who insists on everyone calling him "Doctor." (You know who you are, Dr. Robert. 👀)

Turn on, tune in, and D̶R̶O̶P̶ O̶U̶T̶ voyage inward with us!

Course Outline:

• The enlightening potential of Creative Nonfiction storytelling
• Self-awareness: is it possible to truly perceive yourself the way others perceive you?
• Social media algorithms pushing outlandish conspiracy theories (like Dave Chapelle being replaced by a clone of himself)
• Jay’s revelatory Near Death Experience (NDE) — “The Life Review Boomerang”
• Altered States 101: how to override the narrative self (EGO) and the default mode network (DMN), with or without psychedelics

Credits for musical interludes/segments in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Broad Sky
• William Claeson

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Learn more about Jay and Lindy's work on their official website and YouTube channel.

Consciousness in a Nutshell is available to order worldwide via Amazon.